Author: Anna Gavalda
Translator: Se-uk Lee
Publisher: Munhak-segyesa
Hardcover / 224 pages
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About This Book
Anna Gavalda's "Someone I Loved" is a
hauntingly intimate look at the intolerably painful, yet occasionally
valuable consequences that adultery can have on a marriage and the
individuals involved. Readers familiar with I Wish Someone
Were Waiting for Me Somewhere, Gavalda's stunning collection of short
stories, will once again be charmed by her deceptively simple prose,
while new fans will quickly fall under the spell of this enchanting
literary voice.
Once he discovers that his son Adrien has left his wife Chloe, along
with their two adorable daughters, the normally removed Pierre Dippel
steps in to rescue the girls, driving them from Paris to his rustic
country house for some much needed rest and reflection. While the girls
watch cartoons and run around in "You're a Barbie Girl" sneakers, Chloe
and Pierre discover a bond they never knew existed. As Chloe comes to
terms with her abandonment, Pierre confesses his own adulterous affair,
years earlier, with a translator living in Hong Kong. In the shadow of
the story is Suzanne, Pierre's status-conscious wife who pardoned his
actions in order to live a socially-acceptable life. As the days go on
and the hours get later, it becomes apparent that Pierre is filled with
regret over losing the one woman he ever truly loved ("Every day you
have to fight a bit. A little bit each day, with the courage to be
yourself, to decide to be happ--..."), while Chloe is forced to confront
the raw anger she feels over losing the life she had grown to love.
Short in length, yet long in substance,
"Someone I Loved" ends like most great love affairs, forever leaving you
wanting just one more moment. --Gisele Toueg
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